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Coast Guard Plans Release Of OPC Industry Studies RFP On Friday

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, December 16th, 2019

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Coast Guard Plans Release Of OPC Industry Studies RFP On Friday

Notional OPC design is 360-feet long, a 54-foot beam, and 17-foot draft. House appropriators propose to fully fund the program in FY '22. (Graphic: Eastern Shipbuilding Group.)

The Coast Guard this Friday expects to release the Request for Proposals (RFP) for industry studies for a recompete of its new medium-endurance cutter class of ships with plans to award multiple study contracts valued at around $3 million each. The timeline for the industry studies was outlined in an Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Industry Day the Coast Guard held last Wednesday at its shipyard in Baltimore. The service last Friday released documents it presented at the Industry Day. Under…

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